Midland RS Aero Series at Notts County Sailing Club
by Alan Beaton 13 May 10:39 BST
10 May 2025
The first in the new Midland Aero Series was held at Notts County Sailing Club on Saturday 10th May. The event was supported by Rooster Sailing.
Twenty Aeros from six local clubs with three rig sizes (7,6,5) took to the water on a sunny warm Saturday morning. The wind was from the east, but kept swinging, delaying the first start, and causing a slight delay on the second start, the Race Officer Ross Ryan managed to get the fleet off after a short delay on an outer windward leeward course with two beats so much of each race was held on a beat, run and reach. Close racing. Especially at the top was the order of the day. It was great to see that over a third of the fleet was female, with many of them in the top ten, Rebecca Ogden coming in just behind the two leaders in third overall.
Joe Scurrah (Notts County) led the first race to take a win, closely followed by Sam Grayton (Notts County and a youth ILCA sailor, in a borrowed boat) both were on 7s. Ariadne Doel (Notts County), the only 5 rig, finished well in second place on handicap.
Race two saw the battle of the 7 rigs as the breeze slowly increased. This time Sam Grayton took the win with Joe a close second, they spent most of the race within yards of each other, Hayden Moore (Notts County) who led at the first mark was third.
After a break for lunch the breeze continued to fill in but was still shifting, allowing for some great gains on the leeward gate and keeping the race team busy changing the course. Race three saw Joe Scurrah take another win, this time it was Rebecca Ogden (Notts County) snapping at his transom followed by Hayden Moore picking up another third.
The final race saw Joe Scurrah pick up a final bullet followed by Sam Grayton then Rebecca Ogden third so Rebecca keept ahead of Hayden overall (both on equal points).
Notts County will be hosting the RS Aero UK Women's Championship on 27th & 28th September.
The next event in Aero Northern Circuit is Beaver SC is on Saturday 21st June, followed by Draycote Water SC on Saturday 28th June.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Fleet | Age Group | Class | Sail No | Helm | Club | PY | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
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| 1st | M | | Aero 7 | 4307 | Joe Scurrah | NCSC | 1063 | 1 | ‑2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2nd | M | J | Aero 7 | 3351 | Sam Grayton | NCSC | 1063 | 3 | 1 | ‑4 | 2 | 6 |
| 3rd | F | | Aero 7 | 4373 | Rebecca Ogden | NCSC | 1063 | ‑15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 4th | M | J | Aero 7 | 1156 | Hayden Moore | NCSC | 1063 | ‑7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 5th | M | | Aero 7 | 3676 | Kent Martin | Ogston | 1063 | 6 | 4 | 6 | (DNC) | 16 |
| 6th | M | | Aero 7 | 4606 | Paul Spiers | NCSC | 1063 | 4.5 | 7 | ‑9.5 | 5 | 16.5 |
| 7th | F | | Aero 6 | 2671 | Amy Hinsliff‑Smith | NCSC | 1099 | 4.5 | ‑12 | 5 | 11 | 20.5 |
| 8th | F | | Aero 5 | 5 | Ariadne Doel | NCSC | 1139 | 2 | 10 | ‑17 | 9 | 21 |
| 9th | Ms | | Aero 7 | 2186 | Alan Beaton | NCSC | 1063 | 9 | 6 | ‑9.5 | 6 | 21 |
| 10th | F | | Aero 6 | 4603 | Claire Geoghan | Grafham SC | 1099 | 11 | 8 | 7 | ‑13 | 26 |
| 11th | Ms | | Aero 6 | 2902 | Kevin Payne | Bartley | 1099 | ‑12 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 27 |
| 12th | F | | Aero 7 | 2582 | Isis Bemrose | NCSC | 1063 | 8 | 9 | 11 | (DNC) | 28 |
| 13th | Ms | | Aero 7 | 2184 | Martin Hewitt | NCSC | 1063 | 10 | ‑13 | 12 | 7 | 29 |
| 14th | Ms | | Aero 7 | 3860 | David Beard | NCSC | 1063 | ‑17 | 15.5 | 13 | 10 | 38.5 |
| 15th | Ms | | Aero 7 | 2151 | Adrian Speke | Chelmarsh SC | 1063 | ‑18 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 42 |
| 16th | Ms | | Aero 7 | 3496 | Ian Masson | NCSC | 1063 | 14 | 15.5 | 14 | (DNC) | 43.5 |
| 17th | Ms | | Aero 6 | 4590 | Julian Lloyd | NCSC | 1099 | 13 | 18 | ‑19 | 14 | 45 |
| 18th | FGM | | Aero 7 | 1214 | Kathryn Ryan | NCSC | 1063 | 16 | 17 | ‑18 | 15 | 48 |
| 19th | FGM | | Aero 7 | 2981 | Alison Goodall | NCSC | 1063 | 19 | (RET) | 15 | DNC | 55 |
| 20th | M | | Aero 7 | 3032 | Thomas Penty | Beaver SC | 1063 | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 63 |
